A/N- Thank you so much for all the reviews! I really loved them all. Well here is the next chapter...enjoy!
SGH- 7:30 am- ER
Izzie and Christina stood in the ER waiting on a case. They weretasked to the ER because they were short doctors, nurses, and interns so they got stuck with it.
"Alright everyone we have a car wreck coming in. Young woman was hit by a car. Who wants it?" The head nurse yelled over the ruckus of the ER. Izzie immediately looked at Christina who looked at her. Both of their hands flew up at the same time. "Alright the both of you can work on this case. Dr. Taylor will be working with you." She looked down at her chart and then back up at the two interns. "You can take her to exam 5." The head nurse turned back around and focused on her work.
"Now what do we do?" Izzie asked.
"We wait."
-In the Ambulance-
"Ma'am do you think you could answer any of her medical questions?" the paramedic asked.
Meredith shook her head "No. Her husband works at Grace he should be able to answer them." Meredith looked down at her hand which was holding Addison's blood covered limp hand. She never thought that she would ever be holding Addison Montgomery Sheppard's hand. "Come on Addison, wake up."
SGH- 7:35 am- ER
Izzie and Christina only had to wait five minutes before their case came rolling in. As they saw the paramedics come in they rushed to their side. "Female name Addison Sheppard. Hit by a car, extent of injuries unknown." Izzie and Christina stood frozen. The paramedic continued to rattle off some more information, but it was falling on deaf ears. What scared them the most was that her face was so covered in blood, that she was barely recognizable. They both snapped out of their trance simultaneously. They had a job to do. Izzie and Christina led them to room 5 where Dr. Chris Taylor was waiting on them. The paramedics left the interns and the doctor to save their patient.
"Dr. Stevens I need you to get an ultrasound machine, sign her up for a CAT scan, MRI, and I want to x-ray those legs and her chest." Dr. Taylor ordered as he worked on his patient. Izzie quickly set to work. "Addison, can you hear me? Come on Addi wake up!"
Christina was an observant woman and took notice of the way Dr. Taylor used Dr. Sheppard's nick name. Did he know her? "Sir would you like me to go get her husband?"
"No." he said quickly. "Derek doesn't need to know, until we know what the prognosis is." Chris looked up at Yang with pain in his eyes. "Please Dr. Yang do not say a word to him, not yet."
Christina simply nodded and aided the doctor. All of a sudden Addison's stats began to fall, and then "She's flat lining doctor." Yelled one of the nurses.
"I know!" he yelled. He looked up at Christina "I need you to help me operate. Her abdomen is distended and we need to get in there and stop whatever is bleeding. Most likely it is her liver." As he spoke he began preparing to operate. He did not even need to tell the nurses to start the defibrillator. "Charge to 200. NOW!" With that shock they had her back, but for how long they didn't know. "Alright people lets move quickly."
As they were running out of the exam room all that Christina could think of was 'Who hit her?' "Dr. Taylor do we know who hit her?"
"I did." Christina turned around to see Meredith standing in the waiting area covered in blood.
"Let's go Dr. Yang!"
Dumbfounded Christina turned and ran after her case.
Doctors Lounge- 4 hours later
Derek sat and fingered the cold bands. He couldn't believe that she had done that. He would have stopped her from leaving if he knew what to say. Did he love her? He had once, did he still love her? Deep down he knew that he would always love her, but was it as strong as it once had been? Now he would never know. He knew there was no way to get her back. He knew that after awhile he could give himself to Meredith, but she would never have all of him. And what about those eleven years of marriage. Could he simply forget all of those happy times? He closed his eyes exhausted from thinking, tired of life. The door to the lounge slowly creaked open and in walked Chris. Derek smiled, happy to see his old friend. Derek, Chris, Weiss, Sav, and Addison had all lived in the same apartment building while going to school. Derek stood up and gave Chris a tight hug. "How are you man? I didn't know you were here already."
Chris just smiled. How was he going to tell him? "Derek, we need to talk." Chris pointed to the pair of chairs located in the corner.
Derek simply nodded and sat down. He could see the seriousness of the conversation they were about to have written across his friend's face. "What's going on Chris? You look like you just found out your dog died."
Chris sighed "Derek something happened to Addison."
Derek still had anger towards Addi, but at that moment it was completely forgotten. "What...what happened?"
"She was hit by a car." Smooth Chris just blurt it right out! He thought.
"How is she?" Derek asked anxiously. "Just tell me the truth Chris."
"We worked on her for about 4 hours." he ran his hands tiredly through his hair. "She had a fractured right leg, broken pelvis, 2 broken ribs, lacerated liver, multiple scratches, some stitches in her head, and possibly a concussion we don't know yet." He didn't tell his friend that they had almost lost her twice.
Derek sat and soaked it all in. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. Addison was hurt, seriously hurt. In fact he knew how lucky she was to even be alive. "Where is she?" He got up and began to walk towards the door.
"Buddy take a moment to soak it all in..."
"My wife needs me Chris." He said angrily. "Where is she?"
"ICU room 205, I'll walk with you."
Addison Sheppard's ICU room
As Derek looked at the body lying in the bed he began to cry. I had been years since he had cried. He didn't even cry after he found out about Addi's affair. But now he just lost it. He gently took her frail hand in his. "Hey Addi I'm here. I know I usually leave you when you need me, but it won't happen this time okay. I promise you." He sat carefully on her bed and laid his head on hers, gently kissing her hair. "I love you Addison, and only you." With that he let the emotions take over. He finally could answer Meredith's question. Yes, he loved his wife.
A/N- You know the routine...you read and then review. Hope you enjoy. BTW Chris is mine. My character I mean.
